--- title: He shortly returned, took his staff, thanked Neubauer for the hospit… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: He shortly returned, took his staff, thanked Neubauer for the hospitable reception, and said: "Ye were to me as to a near relative, me a perfect stranger; hence, hear as a reward my counsel. Who acts: Herr, perfect stranger, Ye. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Herr, perfect stranger, Ye), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg74323:22:109 # text = He shortly returned, took his staff, thanked Neubauer for the hospitable reception, and said: "Ye were to me as to a near relative, me a perfect stranger; hence, hear as a reward my counsel. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 shortly shortly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 Neubauer Neubauer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 hospitable hospitable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 reception reception NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 ccomp _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 near near ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 relative relative NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 hence hence ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | Herr | | | | | shortly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | Herr *not said here* | Herr's staff | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Theme | | 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | Herr *not said here* | | Neubauer | | | for the hospitable reception | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent neubauer=Theme for reception=Attribute | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a perfect stranger | | | | | as a near relative me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Ye | | | | | to a perfect stranger *= stranger* | tree rules | | 6 | **hear** *in a quote* | infinitive | Herr *not said here* | my counsel | | | | as a reward; hence *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer counsel=Stimulus | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Project Gutenberg book 74323 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/110/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/)